Reviews

A census worker’s village visit reveals the absurdities of identity card data

More than 50 years on, mis-truths about the 1965-66 killings and what motivated them prevail in Indonesia. Geoffrey Robinson's and other books and films on the issue counter this movement against the truth.

The stories of Seno Gumira Ajidarma have helped to counter the denial of a national trauma

Identity and Pleasure: The Politics of Indonesian Screen Culture invites us to embark on a visual journey of difficult episodes in Indonesian history

A small museum in Java is preserving a storytelling tradition, and the thoughts and feelings behind it

David Reeve reviews David Bourchier’s important contribution to understandings of political thinking in Indonesia

Reflections on contemporary Indonesia and Australia-Indonesia relations at the AsiaTOPA festival

Indonesian performances at the AsiaTOPA festival opened up ‘creative conversations’ between Australians and Indonesians

Reviewing the history behind and themes in Hanung Bramantyo's Kartini

 

A new book examines Indonesian labour struggles through the lens of international political economy theory 

Contemporary Indonesian painter Mahdi Abdullah exhibits Acehnese culture in Melbourne 

The Fighting Art of Pencak Silat and Its Music reveals the multitude of martial arts practices and celebrations

Celebrating fifty years of the Indonesian Community Association of Victoria (IKAWIRIA)

Natali Pearson reviews two powerful dance works by Eko Supriyanto currently touring internationally